"Joe S." wrote in :

Take a look at this piece of ****. And the guy who put it up is proud of
it.

How many serious problems can you spot?

http://deepsouthnet.net/tower.html



I was starting to defend this guy a bit. After all, despite the crappy
base, at least it was adequately guyed...... then I took a close look at
his guy supports.... some might thin trees, if at least one isn't a plant!

You were right. Nothing to brag about. I sure wouldn't want to climb
it.



Ed K7AAT

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:13:51 GMT, Ed wrote:
"Joe S." wrote in :

Take a look at this piece of ****. And the guy who put it up is proud of
it.
How many serious problems can you spot?

http://deepsouthnet.net/tower.html

I was starting to defend this guy a bit. After all, despite the crappy
base, at least it was adequately guyed...... then I took a close look at
his guy supports.... some might thin trees, if at least one isn't a plant!
You were right. Nothing to brag about. I sure wouldn't want to climb
it.

The "deepsouth" part told me just about all I needed to know....

Please do tell what are the problems with this install? So I don't make
the same mistakes.

73
KC8OJU

"ray13" wrote in message
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Please do tell what are the problems with this install? So I don't make
the same mistakes.

73
KC8OJU


Apart from inadequate guying, the base should be buried well below the
bottom triangular plate. The tower manufacturer spec's would give details.
That tower is going to land on someone's head first storm. Glad it's not my
neighborhood.

Ken
ZL1WKT

Ken Taylor wrote:
"ray13" wrote in message
oups.com...

Please do tell what are the problems with this install? So I don't make
the same mistakes.

73
KC8OJU



Apart from inadequate guying, the base should be buried well below the
bottom triangular plate. The tower manufacturer spec's would give details.
That tower is going to land on someone's head first storm. Glad it's not my
neighborhood.

Ken
ZL1WKT



He's got pretty high-res pictures, I zoomed one and he's not only got no
thimbles for the guys at the turnbuckles, he's got his clamps on
backwards (the saddles are intended to go against the load-bearing side
of the cable). Pretty simple issues, wonder what the case is for more
involved ones..

John